Planning a Formal Dinner Most people set their tables rather informally these days for any number of valid reasons, the lack of time being the main one. Who has time to fuss over linens, crystal, and china, much less polish the silver? However,...

Dining Out: Tricky Situations
Two common and tricky situations that you might encounter when dining out are handling chopsticks and dealing with vegetarianism. Chop Chop In our shrinking world, you may find yourself in a situation in which p...

Planning a Formal Dinner Most people set their tables rather informally these days for any number of valid reasons, the lack of time being the main one. Who has time to fuss over linens, crystal, and china, much less polish the silver? However,...

Healthy Restaurant Dining Go ahead and take on any type of restaurant. Ask yourself (and the waiter) the following five key questions before ordering something on the menu: Can you ever just "go whole hog" and order whatever you want without wo...

Dining Out with Youngsters When our two oldest were very young, we would dine out nearly every Saturday night. I found Hayley, two, and Hannah, one, fairly easy to handle in restaurants, perhaps because we had begun taking them out as newborns. A...